BREAKDOWN TIME
1000 YRS
AVERAGE TIME OF USE
12 MINS
RECYCLE RATE
1% RATE
THE PLASTIC BAG WAS INTRODUCED IN 1977
TODAY WE USE
500,000,000,000 → YR
41,666,666,666 → MO
114,155,251 → D
4,756,468 → HR
160,000 → SEC
700 → PERS
BREAKDOWN TIME
1000 YRS
AVERAGE TIME OF USE
12 MINS
RECYCLE RATE
1% RATE
THIS MEANS THAT EVERY BAG EVER MADE EXISTS TODAY
AND THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE IN ONE OF THREE PLACES...
THE PACIFIC OCEAN
A LANDFILL
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
SHOCKING RIGHT!?
SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
I'M HAPPY YOU ASK!
LET'S START WITH THE BASICS
SORT RECYCLABLES
TAKE YOUR PLASTIC BAGS TO A FILM PLASTIC RECYCLING FACILITY
USE REUSABLE BAGS
SLIP UPS HAPPEN, BUT TRY TO ALWAYS AVOID PLASTIC BAGS
PAY ATTENTION TO THE PLASTIC BAGS AROUND YOU
CAPTURE THEM AND SEND THEM HERE
#WHEREARETHEPLASTICBAGS